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Monthly Archives: July, 2021

Movement to politicians: Step up or step aside!

We, the people need help right now, and only the government can supply the help we need. Biden has been in the White House...

Indigenous youth ran to White House to demand Biden stop pipelines

The following is from audio transcribed from a video by Aleksei Wagner posted to YouTube in April. The video deals with part of week...

Sunrise youth march from New Orleans to Houston to demand Biden address climate crisis

The following is from the Sunrise Movement Facebook page: Sunrise is a movement of young people uniting to stop the climate crisis. This dark hour...

Voting rights bill blocked in Senate – The filibuster must go!

In late June, Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked the most expansive voting rights legislation to come before Congress in decades. They used one...

Buffalo, N.Y. mayoral primary: Progressive defeats incumbent, vows to build a city for everyone

India Walton was born and raised on the impoverished East Side of Buffalo, New York, one of six children. On June 22, she stunned...

It’s our money! Demand COVID relief funds are spent where we want

Attention Justice Warriors! The recent COVID-19 relief package (America Rescue Plan 2021) signed into law in March of this year offers opportunities for those on...

Kamala Harris tells migrants, ‘Do not come’

“I want to be clear, to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States – Mexico...

Community hospital: Not just a parking lot

A private equity firm wants to build a luxury high-rise building in a low-income community's hospital parking lot, leaving fear that he hospital will be closed.

People from other countries chat about their government-funded health care

Editor’s note: Below are excerpts from a chat that appeared recently on Twitter. “Hi, I’m in Australia and saw a specialist this morning, gave them...

The Deal

Life is a card game With a marked deck: They look all the same To make one a wreck.

It’s time for Medicare for All!Join march and rally for Medicare for All in Chicago July 24

CHICAGO, IL — March for Medicare for All (M4A) is the culmination of people who were frustrated that legislators did not support Medicare for...

House the homeless! says Homeless Union

OAKLAND CA — To HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge: We are asking the State, County, and City to support us, the Oakland Homeless Union Chapter...

‘I can’t fight any longer but maybe my story can help’

MURFREESBORO, TN — I want to reach out to you about my situation in Nashville. Nashville is my home. But I can no longer...

Los Angeles: ‘People have a right to a home!’Human rights violations against the unhoused community in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, CA — The city of Los Angeles has always used punitive policies to mistreat and abuse unhoused people. One in three use-of-force...

During a pandemic housing is a matter of life and death

Maria Elena Martinez, editorial board member of the Tribuno de Pueblo, interviews Kenia Torres-Alcocer, Co-Director of Unión de Vecinos and Co-Director TriChair of the...

Reno homeless and their supporters resist cruel sweeps

RENO, NV — Enormous dump trucks and bulldozers demolish people's homes at the end of Commercial Row. A police officer is standing on a...

May all have a real home…

I wish everyone the kind of home I have right now: Where I sleep well because the conditions allow it Where I experience sanctuary from human...

We Killed KXL! Victory in fight to stop KXL pipeline!

BREAKING: TransCanada (aka TC Energy) announced the Keystone XL pipeline *TERMINATED!* “Without a determined group of farmers, ranchers and tribes, KXL would have been in...

Cancer Alley activist is a Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, 2021

Below are excerpts from an article by Sharon Kelly that was originally published for DeSmog.com and can be viewed in full here. Sharon Lavigne of...

Central America: climate change refugees

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the Tribuno del Pueblo, sister publication to the People’s Tribune. We are currently living in the midst...

Juneteenth 2021: None of us are free until African Americans are free

Juneteenth has finally received the official recognition it deserves.   While such recognition is long overdue, Juneteenth this year must also be a time to look...

In memory of Chuck Nelson, a true leader of the people

It was with great sorrow that we at the People’s Tribune learned of the passing of Chuck Nelson of Glen Daniel, West Virginia, a...

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